River Life and the Upspring of Nature /

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"Naveeda Khan's River Life and the Uprising of Nature refigures the relationship between nature and culture through the study of chauras, or people who live on the chars (sandbars) within the Jamuna River in Bangladesh. Based on fieldwork largely conducted between 2011 and 2015, the book e...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Khan, Naveeda Ahmed, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Durham : Duke University Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sand bars.
Rural poor.
River settlements.
Human ecology.
NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / Rivers.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
River settlements > Bangladesh > Jamuna River.
Sand bars > Bangladesh > Jamuna River.
Rural poor > Bangladesh > Jamuna River.
Human ecology > Bangladesh > Jamuna River.
Bangladesh > Jamuna River.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • River Life and Death
  • Moving Lands in the Skein of Property and Kin Relations
  • History and Morality between Floods and Erosion
  • Elections on Sandbars and the Remembered Village
  • Decay of the River and of Memory
  • Death of Children and the Eruption of Myths
  • The Chars in Recent Years.

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